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Create a professional banner for your company.
New document: 468 x 60 pixels. Fill canvas with colour #6aa02b
Make a new layer and make white your foreground colour.
Select the "Gradient tool" and select the "white > transparent"
gradient as shown in the second picture.
Hold shift and drag from the top to just over a one 3rd of the document.
Set the layer mode to "Overlay"
Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a curve edge on the far right side of the banner
Make a new layer and fill the selection in with white. Press CTRL+D to deselect.
Bring up the blending options.
>
Outer Glow
> Bevel
& Emboss
> Gradient
Overlay
And now you should have:
Now select half of the current layer.
Make a new layer, fill the selection in with white and change the opacity to 17% This should give it a bit of a shine.
Now type the initials of your host name, for example purposes I did zh - zymichost and I used the font Dungeon (comes with XP)
Change the text colour to #2f2f2f
Use this blending style for stroke. (Click Here)
Make a selection like below. Make a new layer and drag it underneath all the other layers so it's all behind. Fill it in with white.
Now give the layer this stroke - click here
Now using the gradient tool make a gradient similar to below.
Insert an image of some servers, perhaps shadow it slightly.
Use the Rounded Reqtangle Tool and make a shape like below
Bring up the blending styles:
Inner Glow .. Click Here
Bevel & Emboss .. Click Here
Gradient Overlay .. Click Here
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